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Jeremiah 51:31

31 one runner runs to meet another runner,

and one messenger to meet another messenger,

to tell the king of Babylon that his city has been captured,

from end to end.m

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Jeremiah 51:31 — The New International Version (NIV)

31 One courier follows another

and messenger follows messenger

to announce to the king of Babylon

that his entire city is captured,

Jeremiah 51:31 — English Standard Version (ESV)

31 One runner runs to meet another,

and one messenger to meet another,

to tell the king of Babylon

that his city is taken on every side;

Jeremiah 51:31 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

31 One post shall run to meet another,

And one messenger to meet another,

To shew the king of Babylon

That his city is taken at one end,

Jeremiah 51:31 — New Living Translation (NLT)

31 The news is passed from one runner to the next

as the messengers hurry to tell the king

that his city has been captured.

Jeremiah 51:31 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

31 One runner will run to meet another,

And one messenger to meet another,

To show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on all sides;

Jeremiah 51:31 — New Century Version (NCV)

31 One messenger follows another;

messenger follows messenger.

They announce to the king of Babylon

that his whole city has been captured.

Jeremiah 51:31 — American Standard Version (ASV)

31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:

Jeremiah 51:31 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

31 Courier runneth to meet courier, and messenger to meet messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city is taken from end to end;

Jeremiah 51:31 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

31 Runners run to meet runners. 

Messengers follow messengers. 

They inform the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured. 

Jeremiah 51:31 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

31 Messenger races to meet messenger,

and herald to meet herald,

to announce to the king of Babylon

that his city has been captured

from end to end.

Jeremiah 51:31 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

31 One runner runs to meet another,

and one messenger to meet another,

to tell the king of Babylon

that his city is taken from end to end:

Jeremiah 51:31 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

31 One messenger after another

comes to the king of Babylonia.

All of them announce that

his entire city is captured.

Jeremiah 51:31 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

31 One courier runs to meet another,

And one messenger to meet another,

To tell the king of Babylon

That his city has been captured from end to end;


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